But Rodgers concedes that the financial clout enjoyed by teams in the English top flight would be a stumbling block.

“What Celtic doesn’t have is finance. Celtic don’t have the money that the Premier League generates,” Rodgers added.

“It would be amazing for Celtic to be there but I can never see it happening. I don’t think it will ever happen. There are just so many processes it would have to go through.

“I think there’s probably more chance of Celtic being in a European League than being in the pyramid system down south. Rodgers also pointed to English teams with ambitions of becoming top flight clubs, singling out the recently-promoted Huddersfield Town and earmarking Brentford as the next possible top flight team.

“The one thing I would say with England is that every team will believe that they can be a top flight team. Brentford, Huddersfield... you see were Huddersfield were a number of years ago. And now, all of a sudden, they’re playing in the Premier League.

“And I think lots of clubs in England have that vision, that ambition to one day be a top-flight team. “It would be very, very tough for Celtic, and Rangers, to be in the Premier League, even thought it would be amazing. Then you would see the true, real size of a club like Celtic.”